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Braehead Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational263 pupilsDumbartonWest Dunbartonshire
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredScotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools, so we can't give its schools a score. Pupil numbers, free school meals, extra support, staffing and class sizes are below.
Pupils registered for free school meals17%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support22%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher17.9Scotland 14.1
Average class size23.9Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas14%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll263Census September 2025

Braehead Primary School is a council school in Dumbarton for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 263 pupils. About 17 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools.

Meadow Road, DUMBARTON, Dumbarton, G82 2BL01389 774568sites.google.com/ourcloud.buzz/braeheadprimary/homeAll details

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by HM Inspectorate of Education. Its reports grade a few areas on a scale from excellent to unsatisfactory, but the grades aren't published as a list we can use.

Results

Scotland publishes no school-level exam results as open data.

Leaver attainment and destinations for individual schools appear only on the Scottish Government's School Information Dashboard, which cannot be reproduced here. Open the dashboard and search for Braehead Primary School.

Getting a place

There is no entrance test. Every address in Scotland has a catchment primary and secondary school. If you want a different school, you ask the council for a place there (a placing request).

You apply through West Dunbartonshire council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll263Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals17%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support22%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English6%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas14%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas2%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 8 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
The youngest year is smaller than P7, so the roll is likely to fall.
29P1
37P2
42P3
41P4
43P5
34P6
37P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 26526520222023: 26426420232024: 26226220242025: 27627620252026: 2632632026
Since 2022: -2
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll263276262264265
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals16.9%17.9%21.7%18.3%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)21.7%22.1%20.2%20.1%21.5%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language6.1%2.9%2.7%2.7%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio17.918.517.516.915.918.617.1
Average class sizeAverage class size23.925.123.824.024.1

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers14.7full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher17.9Scotland 14.1
Average class size23.9Scotland 21.0

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
St Patrick's Primary SchoolCouncil770 m350HMIE, no open dataCompare
Knoxland Primary SchoolCouncil840 m330HMIE, no open dataCompare
Aitkenbar Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles133HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Peter's Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles149HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Michael's Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles196HMIE, no open dataCompare
Dalreoch Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles67HMIE, no open dataCompare
Renton Primary SchoolCouncil1.6 miles165HMIE, no open dataCompare
Lennox Primary SchoolCouncil1.8 miles162HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Braehead Primary School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Braehead Primary School yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Braehead Primary School have?

263 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in September 2025.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Meadow Road, DUMBARTON, Dumbarton, G82 2BL
Telephone
01389 774568
Website
sites.google.com/ourcloud.buzz/braeheadprimary/home
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
West Dunbartonshire
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
8301824
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from